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Parenting Behaviors and Preschool Children's Social and Emotional Skills: A Question of the Consequential Validity of Traditional Parenting Constructs for Low-Income African Americans
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McWayne, C. M.; Owsianik, M.; Green, L. E.; Fantuzzo, J. W. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2008
Few researchers have questioned the validity of traditional parenting dimensions (based largely on Baumrind's [Baumrind, D. (1967). Child care practices anteceding three patterns of preschool behavior. Genetic Psychology Monographs, 75, 43-88; Baumrind, D. (1971). Current patterns of parental authority. Developmental Psychology, 4, 1-103] work)…
Descriptors: African Americans, Low Income, Validity, Child Rearing
Pride Experience in a Bicultural Context: A Mixed Methods Pilot Study on a Comparison of Adolescents with Turkish and German Parental Background
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Voswinckel, Iryna; Stangier, Ulrich – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2021
The current pilot study investigated intensity, regulation, and content of pride experiences in second-generation immigrant adolescents of Turkish origin and their German peers using an experimental narrative paradigm. After recounting an autobiographical pride situation, adolescents rated intensity and regulation (suppression and acceptance) of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Parent Background, Foreign Countries, Immigrants
Professional Knowledge and Practice in Health, Welfare and Educational Agencies in England in Relation to Children Being Educated at Home: An Exploratory Review
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Jennens, Roger – Child Care in Practice, 2011
Discourses of child development hold that the experience a child gains from being at school is crucial to the child's development and well-being. The option of home education challenges such discourse. There is little practice-related literature specific to home-educated children. This article first describes a context and then reviews aspects of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Agencies, School Districts, Welfare Services
School Absenteeism and the Implementation of Truancy-Related Penalty Notices
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Zhang, Ming – Pastoral Care in Education: An International Journal for Pastoral Care & Personal-Social Education, 2007
This paper derives from the author's recent research into disadvantaged children's access to compulsory education in England. Examining the national attendance strategies and practice, the author interrogates the current trend towards a more punitive approach to addressing the problem of school absenteeism while debating the issue of irresponsible…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Truancy, Compulsory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
The Importance of Place: Facility Conditions and Learning Outcomes
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Roberts, Lance W.; Edgerton, Jason D.; Peter, Tracey – Education Canada, 2008
Schools are central, public institutions. On any given day, about 20 percent of the Canadian population spends at least part of its day in a school building. By age 18, students will typically have spent about 15 percent of their lives in schools. Administrators and teachers in contemporary schools face significant challenges. Globalization…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Social Class, Teacher Effectiveness, Socioeconomic Status
Smoking in Children and Adolescents.
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Evans, Richard I.; And Others – 1979
Intended primarily for researchers and prevention program personnel, this booklet provides current background information on the continuing problem of smoking among children and adolescents. In the first brief section, research findings concerning American youth's current smoking patterns and beliefs are described. The second section considers…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Health Materials, Literature Reviews